Tag: JO 2024
Lawyers denounce the increase in house arrests that are repressive
Security will be one of the challenges of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the French capital, particularly in the face of the terrorist threat. While Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin…
discus thrower Mélina Robert-Michon and swimmer Florent Manaudou will be the French flag bearers
Discus thrower Mélina Robert-Michon and swimmer Florent Manaudou will be the flag bearers for the French delegation at the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on July 26. This was…
As the Olympics approach, Parisian shopkeepers are more worried than happy
The start of the Paris Olympics begins in 15 days, on July 26, 2024. And everywhere in Paris, people are getting ready. Workers are hard at work setting up the…
2024 Olympics: Former boxer Aya Cissoko is “surprised and happy to carry the Olympic flame to Paris”
After a journey of several weeks since its arrival in Marseille on May 8, the Olympic flame arrives in the capital on July 14 and 15. Around fifty people, artists,…
“With technology, Usain Bolt would certainly have done less than 9’58 in the 100m”
Jean Slawinski, scientist and researcher at the Sport, Expertise and Performance laboratory of Insep, explains to RFI how science is improving athletes’ performances today. Example with the sprint studied through…
2024 Olympics: Residents of a city doomed to destruction resist “pressures and irregularities in rehousing”
With 17 days to go until the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the pressure is mounting for the athletes, but also for the last inhabitants of the Marcel Paul…
Flying taxis allowed in Paris during the Olympic Games, the city hall contests
The French government gave the green light on Tuesday, July 9, to a new floating platform for flying taxis in Paris. A decree published in the Official Journal authorizes the…
In Yemen, shooter Yasmine al-Raimi prepares for the Olympics with whatever means she has
In Yemen, between missile fire from Houthi rebels and American-British retaliatory strikes, shooter Yasmine al-Raimi is training with the means at hand, hoping to fly the flag for her country…
Héctor Garibay, the man who dreams of making Bolivia shine in the marathon at the 2024 Olympics
Bolivia, which has been at the Olympic Games since 1936, for a total of fifteen participations, is the only South American country that has never won a medal. Héctor Garibay…
Usain Bolt takes part in campaign against human trafficking
Sprint legend Usain Bolt, former wheelchair tennis champion Michaël Jeremiasz and former swimmer Ellie Simmonds are lending their faces to a campaign by the association It’s a Penalty aimed at…